Folding table.



N. G. NIELSEN.

FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1913.

Patented July 14,1914.

rinrrnn srarng NIELS C. NIELSEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FOLDING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Serial No. 807,682.

Application filed December 19, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Nirns C. NIELSEN, a subject of the Kingdom of Denmark, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding tables, and particularly to portable folding tables especially adapted for the use of paper hangers and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved metal cutting strip and attachments for use in connection with such a folding table.

The invention isillustrated in the. accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the table with the legs folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the table folded up for transportation. Fig. at is a detail in perspective of the cutting strip. Fig. 5 is a detail in section of a device for tightening the cutting strip and holding the same on the table.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6, G and 6 are sections of the table top, the end section 6 being hinged to the middle section 6 by hinges 7 at the ends, so that these two sections will fold one against the other. The opposite end. of the middle section 6 is hinged to the other end section 6 by hinges 7 secured to depending cross pieces 7 at the adjacent ends of the sections, these cross pieces being suiiiciently wide to form a space between the sections 6 and 6 in which the end section 6 fits when the table is folded, as shown in Fig. 3.

Each section of the table has pairs of crossed folding legs 8 the side pieces of which are pivoted together at 20, and one set of legs of each section has a cross piece 21 at the upper end which will engage against a cleat 10 fastened to the underside of the top leaf or section, the face of the cleat being recessed to receive the cross bar 21 and hold the legs in set up position. When the legs are folded, the cross bar 21 is with drawn from the cleat and then the legs are folded flatly against the underside of each leaf, as shown in Fig. 2. With the legs in this position, the section 6 can then be folded over against the section 6 and the section 6 over upon the section 6, thereby forming a compact structure as indicated in Fig. 3, the sections being fastened together in such folded position by means of a pivoted catch 17 at one edge. In this folded position, the table can be readily transported or carried in the hand, a handle 18 being provided for the purpose.

A flexible metal cutting strip 13 is provided and can be fixed along one edge of the table when it is set up. This strip has at one end a hook 14 the rim or flange at the end of the table, and the strip extends thence along the edge of the top of the table to the opposite end where it is fixed and tightened by means of a device shown in Fig. 5, comprising a folded sheet metal member 14 which may be hooked under the flange at that end.

The end of the strip 13 is attached to the fold 14 of the member, after being bent overthe corner or end, by means of athumb screw 19, and then the strip is tightened by a thumb screw 16 which is threaded through the outer fold 14E of the attaching device and bears at its inner end against the body of said device, whereby the part 1 1 can be sprung out or away from the end of the table thereby exerting tension on the strip 13 and tightening the same. The strip 13 is held to close contact with the table top by means of ears 12 which fit through slots 11 in the table top and are fastened underneath by pins 15 inserted in holes 12 in the ears. By removing the pins and loosening the attaching devices at the ends of the strip, the lat ter can be. detached and rolled up and if desired placed inside the box or casing formed by the folded table illustrated in Fig. 3, or otherwise carried conveniently.

The folding legs 8 are so constructed that one member or pair thereof nests or fits within the other member when they are folded to parallelism, as shown in Fig. 2.

which will engage under What I claimas new is: screw operating on said part to draw the The combination with a table top, of a strip taut. I v 10 flexible cutting strip adapted to be placed In testimony whereof, I do aflix my sigthereon, means to attach one end of the strip nature in presence of tWo WitIlGSSGS.

r, to the table, and a straining and holding de- NIELS C. NIELSEN.

vice for the strip at the other end thereof, WVitnesses: said device having a spring part towhich JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, the end of the strip may be attached, and a J. B. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, II. 0. 

